Gerry Wood

Gerard Vincent Wood is an Australian politician. A former mayor of the Northern Territory shire of Litchfield, he was an independent member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly from 2001 to 2020, representing the electorate of Nelson.

Retirement

Gerry Wood the independent MP for Nelson, formally announced his retirement in February 2019. He did not contest the 2020 Northern Territory general election.

Political views

Wood is a staunch opponent of abortion, having compared it to domestic violence and describing it as a "fashion" during parliamentary debates, but has condemned the harassment of women outside abortion clinics. He was one of four MLAs who opposed a bill that decriminalised abortion in the Northern Territory.